BCAFL 1990-91
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| Northern Conference | |||||||
| *Teesside Demons | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 40 | .938 |
| *Strathclyde Hawks | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 26 | .875 |
| *Leeds Celtics | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 104 | 101 | .688 |
| Hull Sharks | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 60 | .563 |
| Glasgow Tigers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 91 | 53 | .500 |
| Paisley Panthers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 130 | .438 |
| Sheffield Zulus | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 67 | .312 |
| Stirling Clansmen | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 81 | .188 |
| Newcastle Senators | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 |
| Southern Conference | |||||||
| *UEA East Anglia Pirates | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 181 | 32 | .875 |
| *Warwick Wolves | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 117 | 18 | .750 |
| *Leicester Lemmings | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 176 | 65 | .688 |
| Birmingham Lions | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 72 | .625 |
| Cardiff Cobras | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 108 | 66 | .625 |
| Southampton Stags | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 118 | 54 | .563 |
| Loughborough Aces | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 177 | 68 | .563 |
| Cambridge Pythons | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 298 | .188 |
| Reading Knights | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 96 | .125 |
| Aston Rhinos | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 282 | .000 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Playoffs Round 1 | ||||
| 1991 | Strathclyde Hawks | 13 | Leeds Celtics | 15 |
| 1991 | Warwick Wolves | 6 | Leicester Lemmings | 30 |
| Playoffs Round 2 | ||||
| 1991 | UEA East Anglia Pirates | 26 | Leeds Celtics | 6 |
| 1991 | Teesside Demons | 43 | Leicester Lemmings | 6 |
| College Bowl V | ||||
| 1991 | UEA East Anglia Pirates | 0 | Teesside Demons | 19 |
BCAFL 1991-92
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| Northern Conference | |||||||
| *Leeds Celtics | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 47 | .750 |
| *Teesside Demons | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 41 | .750 |
| *Strathclyde Hawks | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 56 | .750 |
| Sheffield Zulus ^ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 42 | .625 |
| *Glasgow Tigers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 71 | .625 |
| Hull Sharks | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 76 | .438 |
| Paisley Panthers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 94 | .250 |
| Stirling Clansmen | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 103 | .188 |
| Lancaster Bombers | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 129 | .125 |
| Southern Conference | |||||||
| *Southampton Stags | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 12 | 1.000 |
| *Leicester Lemmings | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 53 | .875 |
| *Loughborough Aces | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 174 | 111 | .750 |
| *Oxford Cavaliers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 89 | .750 |
| Cambridge Pythons | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 156 | .500 |
| UEA East Anglia Pirates | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 112 | .375 |
| Cardiff Cobras | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 106 | .375 |
| Birmingham Lions | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 109 | .357 |
| Aston Rhinos | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 132 | .286 |
| Warwick Wolves | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 88 | .188 |
| Reading Knights | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 65 | .000 |
Note: ^ Sheffield Zulus declined to take part in Playoffs.
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Northern Semi-Finals | ||||
| 23.02.1992 | Leeds Celtics | 8 | Glasgow Lions | 14 |
| 23.02.1992 | Teesside Demons | 13 | Strathclyde Hawks | 0 |
| Southern Semi-Finals | ||||
| 23.02.1992 | Southampton Stags | 27 | Oxford Canaliers | 0 |
| 23.02.1992 | Leicester Lemmings | 8 | Loughborough Aces | 17 |
| Northern Final | ||||
| 01.03.1992 | Teesside Demons | 0 | Glasgow Tigers | 8 |
| Southern Final | ||||
| 01.03.1992 | Southampton Stags | 32 | Loughborough Aces | 0 |
| College Bowl VI | ||||
| 08.03.1992 | Southampton Stags | 53 | Glasgow Tigers | 0 |
BCAFL 1992-93
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| Northern Conference | |||||||
| *Glasgow Tigers | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 28 | 1.000 |
| *Leeds Celtics | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 46 | .938 |
| *Sheffield Zulus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 63 | .688 |
| *Strathclyde Hawks | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 64 | .625 |
| Paisley Panthers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 118 | 96 | .500 |
| Lancaster Bombers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 85 | .438 |
| Teesside Demons | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 90 | .375 |
| Hull Sharks | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 65 | .375 |
| Sunderland Wearwolves | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 93 | .313 |
| Stirling Clansmen | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 131 | .188 |
| Newcastle Senators | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 85 | .063 |
| Southern Conference | |||||||
| *Southampton Stags | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 377 | 1 | .938 |
| *Cambridge Pythons | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 50 | .875 |
| *Cardiff Cobras | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 75 | .813 |
| *Loughborough Aces | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 54 | .750 |
| Leicester Lemmings | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 74 | .750 |
| Tarannau Aberystwyth | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 54 | .563 |
| UEA East Anglia Pirates | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 123 | 88 | .563 |
| Bath Killer Bees | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 96 | .438 |
| Staffordshire Stallions | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 126 | .375 |
| Aston Rhinos | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 131 | .313 |
| Reading Knights | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 233 | .313 |
| Oxford Cavaliers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 132 | .250 |
| Birmingham Lions | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 7 | .250 |
| Bristol Bullets | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 256 | .125 |
| Warwick Wolves | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 124 | .125 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Northern Semi-Finals | ||||
| 21.02.1993 | Leeds Celtics | 42 | Sheffield Zulus | 12 |
| 21.02.1993 | Glasgow Tigers | 22 | Strathclyde Hawks | 0 |
| Southern Semi-Finals | ||||
| 28.02.1993 | Southampton Stags | 32 | Loughborough Aces | 7 |
| 28.02.1993 | Cambridge Pythons | 8 | Cardiff Cobras | 6 |
| Northern Final | ||||
| 28.02.1993 | Glasgow Tigers | 14 | Leeds Celtics | 36 |
| Southern Final | ||||
| 1993 | Southampton Stags | 14 | Cambridge Pythons | 8 |
| College Bowl VII | ||||
| 1993 | Leeds Celtics | 0 | Southampton Stags | 19 |
BCAFL 1993-94
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct | |
| Northern Conference | |||||||
| *Glasgow Tigers | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 232 | 49 | .938 |
| *Leeds Celtics | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 24 | .875 |
| *Paisley Panthers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 65 | .750 |
| *Sheffield Zulus | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 129 | 74 | .750 |
| Teesside Demons | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 61 | .500 |
| Hull Sharks | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 73 | .438 |
| Lancaster Bombers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 69 | .438 |
| Newcastle Mariners | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 133 | .375 |
| Strathclyde Hawks | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 81 | .313 |
| Stirling Clansmen | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 126 | .188 |
| Sunderland Wearwolves | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 219 | .063 |
| Southern Conference | |||||||
| *Cardiff Cobras | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 40 | 1.000 |
| *Loughborough Aces | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 40 | .875 |
| *Staffordshire Stallions | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 32 | .813 |
| *Leicester Lemmings | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 59 | .813 |
| Cambridge Pythons | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 69 | .750 |
| Oxford Cavaliers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 69 | .625 |
| Bristol Bullets | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 120 | 96 | .563 |
| Southampton Stags | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 88 | .438 |
| Bath Killer Bees | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 106 | .375 |
| Warwick Wolves | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 124 | .375 |
| Aston Rhinos | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 115 | .250 |
| Birmingham Lions | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 143 | .250 |
| UEA East Anglia Pirates | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 142 | .125 |
| Tarranau Aberystwyth | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 87 | .125 |
| Reading Knights | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 107 | .125 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Northern Semi-Finals | ||||
| 1994 | Glasgow Tigers | 0 | Sheffield Zulus | 0 # |
| 1994 | Leeds Celtics | 0 | Paisley Panthers | 0 # |
| Southern Semi-Finals | ||||
| 1994 | Leicester Lemmings | 16 | Cardiff Cobras | 8 |
| 1994 | Loughborough Aces | 7 | Staffordshire Stallions | 0 |
| Northern Final | ||||
| 1994 | Glasgow Tigers | 20 | Leeds Celtics | 6 |
| Southern Final | ||||
| 1994 | Loughborough Aces | 12 | Leicester Lemmings | 34 |
| College Bowl IX | ||||
| 1994 | Leictester Lemmings | 0 | Glasgow Tigers | 26 |
Report
The British Collegiate American Football League underwent rapid expansion between 1990 and 1994, with the 16 teams becoming 26, and the old 3 Conference / 4 Division system scrapped in favour of two Conferences: Northern and Southern, with the Confererence Champions meeting in the College Bowl.
In 1991-92 the only changes in the Northern Conference were the addition of the Leeds Celtics and Newcastle changing their name to Mariners. In the Southern Conference, two new colleges were added: ASton Rhinos and Cambridge Pythons. Strathclyde, Leeds, Warwick and Leicester were the defeated playoff contenders, while the two Conference Champions met in College Bowl V with Teesside Demons defeating East Anglia Pirates 19-0.
The Newcastle Mariners were replaced by the Lancaster Bombers in the North for 1991-92, with the South adding Oxford Cavaliers, making a Varsity Football Match between the two Colleges possible for the first time, as in Rugby Union, Soccer and other sports. Conference Champions were Teesside Demons and Southampton Stags, with Glasgow shocking Leeds in the Northern Conference Final, and Southampton Stags, easily the best team all year disposing of Loughborough Aces in the Southern Final. The College Bowl VI was a 53-0 win for the Stags as they destroyed the Tigers with Running Backs Eustice Fontaine and Alan Rodney doing most of the damage scoring-wise and their defense shutting out yet another team (they let in only 12 points all year, scoring 320 in the process). Coach Andy Capp claimed after the game, with some justification, that they had raised the level of College Football in Britain in 1991-92.
After an exuberant display in College Bowl VI, the Stags set about defending their title against the biggest field yet: 26 teams in total entered the British Collegiate American Football League in 1992-93, with newcomers Sheffield Zulus, Newcastle Mariners (back after one season out) and Sunderland Wearwolves in the North, and Tarrannau Aberystwyth (Welsh for Thunder), Bath Killer Bees, Staffordshire Stallions, Birmingham Lions and Bristol Bullets in the South. The Stags were in even more dominant form during the Regular Season, amassing 377 points and letting in none on the field (just one 1-1 declared tie blemishing their record) as they won the Southern Conference title with ease. Glasgow Tigers won the Northern Conference title, although not in as much dominant form, but lost the Northern Conference Final to Leeds Celtics in a shock results. The Southampton Stags had their most difficult day of the year in the Southern Conference Final, conceding their first points of the year as they defeated Cambridge Pythons 14-8 and then disposed of Leeds Celtics 19-0 in the Final, with Free Safety Anthony Thompson earning the MVP Award, intercepting four Leeds Celtics passes in College Bowl VIII.
There were no new teams in 1993-94 and with much of their squads graduated, Southampton Stags failed to make the Playoffs. The Conference titles went to Cardiff Cobras and Glasgow Tigers, and after some near misses the Glasgow Tigers made no mistake in College Bowl IX, triumphing 26-0 over surprise package Leicester Lemmings who had knocked out Cardiff Cobras in the first round of the Playoffs.
For 1994-95 another round of expansion saw the league increase to 29 teams, meaning a restructure was needed, and the two conferences were split into three divisions of five each (with the exception of one division of four)
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Newspapers
[10] Anon. (1992) “British College Football: Handy Andy saves Hawks: Final Standings” First Down. February 22, 1992. p.23.
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to Richard Mulcahy and Colm Kincaid.
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